The second hit of Timewinder does more damage than the first; try to avoid it.
Ekko is significantly weaker when his ultimate is down. Watch for the trail he leaves behind to determine if Chronobreak is available.
Ekko's stun zone takes 3 seconds to arm. Watch for the image he creates on cast and try to guess where the zone was placed.
The stats shown on this page show several critical Sett vs. Ekko counter statistics that can help us appreciate the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Sett’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ekko’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Sett may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Ekko..
Sett typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Ekko. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Sett usually loses when playing against Ekko, with a 48.5% win rate. Therefore, Sett makes a bad counter to Ekko.
While Sett does have a lower winrate compared to Ekko, when on opposite teams, Sett also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Sett into Ekko.
Furthermore, Sett has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ekko. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Sett vs Ekko matchups, Ekko is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Sett is a somewhat poor counter to Ekko. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Sett against Ekko.
If you would like to truly master Sett in order to counter Ekko during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sett often racks up more CS as Ekko. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Sett versus Ekko build consist of Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Sundered Sky. When Sett combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when facing Ekko than with most other common item sets. In fact, Sett had an average winrate of 48.5% when playing against Ekko with this build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Ekko as Sett, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Sett vs Ekko counterpicks, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.5% win rate overall.
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